# CVE-2026-85024: undici vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled error in WebSocket permessage-deflate decompression

- Also known as: GHSA-3WWX-PV8P-Q78V
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.28.1, 7.29.1, 8.10.2
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-09-04

## Affected

- undici: from 6.25.0, fixed in 6.28.1; from 7.28.0, fixed in 7.29.1; from 8.1.0, fixed in 8.10.2
- undici (npm): from 6.25.0, fixed in 6.28.1
- undici (npm): from 7.28.0, fixed in 7.29.1
- undici (npm): from 8.1.0, fixed in 8.10.2

## Description

undici bundles a WebSocket client whose permessage-deflate size-limit cleanup removes all listeners from the internal zlib inflate stream, including its error listener, while that stream can still emit. When a remote peer sends a compressed payload that crosses the built-in 128 MiB decompressed-payload limit and then contains a malformed DEFLATE byte, the inflate stream emits a data error with no listener attached, which Node.js treats as a fatal unhandled error and terminates the entire process. Exploitation is remote and unauthenticated, requires no application mistake, and is asymmetric, since roughly 130 KB on the wire expands past the limit and crashes the process, and reconnecting can repeat the crash. This affects undici versions from 6.25.0 up to 6.28.1, from 7.28.0 up to 7.29.1, and from 8.1.0 up to 8.10.2. Users should upgrade to undici 6.28.1, 7.29.1, or 8.10.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on undici, upgrade to a fixed version (6.28.1, 7.29.1, 8.10.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-3wwx-pv8p-q78v
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html

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